Black rhetoric

[Tomcat]

Salute to those who like to break someone else's account, black rhetoric is a magic demagogic tool that allows you to inspire your opponent with a different point of view.

SECRET # 1
All kinds of "underwear", remarks and maneuvers that can cause displeasure of the interlocutor. They are needed in a conversation in order to demonstrate their own superiority.

How to use:

• It is necessary to consider who you are talking to, what purpose you are pursuing and what is the general background of this discussion.
• Deliberate provocations and deliberately non-standard thought moves will surely bring you success, but first you must learn to adequately assess your interlocutors and clearly imagine the true state of affairs.
• Conversation strategy allows you to seize dominant positions yourself or neutralize the initially dominant position of your opponent / conversation partner.

SECRET # 2
You will be able to profitably "sell" your words only if you learn to purposefully present your own arguments and make the interlocutor listen to you.

How to use:

• Hone your rhetorical and dialectical skills.
• Cleanse your speech of verbal and psychological evidence of your incompetence or failure.
• Saturate your statements with facts and give the interlocutor a clear orientation.
• On the eve of responsible negotiations, consistently and professionally summarize what exactly you want to convey to the consciousness of the interlocutor, say your wording out loud - this will help you identify possible shortcomings.
• Define the position of the opposing party as briefly as possible, come up with possible examples of statements that you are going to hear.
• Repeat the most important points of your message often, and come back to them again and again in various fragments of the conversation and at the next meetings.
• Support deliberate provocation with irrefutable facts and winning information for you.

SECRET # 3
Bluff when circumstances warrant. A successful bluff is better than a painful defeat!

Failure does not contribute to future success at all. Forget the common consolation formulas that you probably heard after another failure - all these are just empty words that have nothing to do with what is really happening. Instead, try to bluff in some way: for example, if you notice some signs of uncertainty on the part of your counterpart.

How to use:

• The rules of the game can be changed, adjusted to oneself and to the situation, but it is best to set them anew each time. Never agree to play by someone else's rules if they do not suit you, instead put forward your own.
• Everyone gets the partner they deserve, educate yourself - and, if necessary, your partner.
• Don't expect your opponent to offer you to take over the game. Only you can take the initiative.
• You should never underestimate the cards in your hand, however, if your chances of success seem downright weak to you, feel free to take risks and bluff.
• A good card may or may not go into your hands, so you should always have a couple of trump cards in hand.
• ... and finally: never forget to point out to your opponent that your advantage can be good for him too. Your own benefit should become attractive to the opposing side as well.

SECRET # 4
You should not always rely only on the magical power of the word; the strategy of silence also has its advantages. Silence is an element of communication that only a few possess, and very rarely anyone knows how to use it purposefully and consciously.

How to use:

• In the process of active communication, silence is one of the tricks that allows you to instill in the interlocutor a strong feeling of insecurity, forcing him literally in one or two seconds to start saying whatever he wants, just not to be silent.
• Use this opportunity, try to simply keep silent somehow, and you will see that your opponent will immediately say too much or rashly agree to a compromise that is unfavorable for him.
• Try not to break off ahead of time, pause until the end. Silence can successfully replace the lack of necessary arguments, provoking the interlocutor to interrupt the pause without waiting for an explanation from you - this is also one of the ways to conduct a conversation.

SECRET # 5
Check the information given to you carefully and do not let your attention shift from the main to the secondary.

Manipulations succeed mainly due to focusing the recipient's attention on secondary things that obscure the circumstances that are really important for making a decision.

How to use:

• The more persistently they impose on you a certain model for evaluating the offered information, the more reasons you have to refuse it.
• If you are offered certain selection criteria or ready-made facts, carefully weigh whether they are so revealing.
• Imposed perceptual patterns are an excellent foundation for manipulation.
• Mobbing (group psychological terror of a colleague in the workplace) is based on the same scheme. Often, there is a completely deliberate clouding of another person's perception of the real state of affairs.

If you ever feel that you lose the ability to think independently or develop any topic, you cannot explain your point of view, sit quietly and think if such techniques are not used against you too.